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  • Teaching History 39

      Journal
    Editorial, page 2 A Small Local Investigation - David Wright, page 3 A Journey Back into the Past - Rebecca Bell, page 5 History Workshop Centre (Report), page 7 History of Education in Schools - Richard Aldrich, page 8 Christmas Holiday Lecture Quiz Prizewinner, page 11 Recreating a Trip to...
    Teaching History 39

  • Using remote voting to involve everyone in classroom thinking at AS and A2

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Diana Laffin shares her findings on an action research project into the use of remote voting systems in the AS and A2 classroom. She was particularly interested in examining the impact of such devices on...
    Using remote voting to involve everyone in classroom thinking at AS and A2

  • What our Members say

      Hear more from our members
    HA membership is for anybody with a professional or personal interest in history Whether you’re a head of history in school, an academic, a primary history teacher, or simply love history for the sake of it, there’s something for everyone.  Don't just take our word for it; hear what our...
    What our Members say

  • HA South West History Network

      10 Minute Mini CPD
    The HA South West Network are pleased to offer a new series of 10-minute Mini CPD sessions: bite-sized talks on what teachers in the South West are doing for everyone to enjoy. Details and booking links will be published on the Network's Twitter account @HASWNetwork.  Date Presenter Focus Tuesday 29...
    HA South West History Network

  • Teaching 20th-Century History Resources

      Article
    We hope you enjoyed reading Exploring and Teaching Twentieth-Century History. To help you explore the topic further we’ve put together a selection of just a few additional 20th-century history and teaching resources below. All these resources are available free to HA Secondary Members – find out more about Secondary Membership. 20th-century history podcast series We have recorded...
    Teaching 20th-Century History Resources

  • Ancient Elam (3200-539BC)

      Life before the Achaemenid Empire
    In this podcast, Dr Parsa Daneshmand of University College London, provides an introduction to Ancient Elam.  Elam was an ancient civilization centred in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of what is now Khuzestan and Ilam Province as well as a small part of southern Iraq. Elamite states were among the...
    Ancient Elam (3200-539BC)

  • The new history 'AS-Level': principles for planning a scheme of work

      Teaching History article
    The new AS and A2 specifications have led to paperwork, headaches and late nights for teachers. Rachael Rudham recognises the fresh demands that the new AS-level presents – not least of which is the opening up of post-16 history to a broader range of ability. Clearly it is not possible...
    The new history 'AS-Level': principles for planning a scheme of work

  • From Cyrus to Cleopatra: The ancient history adventure

      HA webinar series in partnership with The Classical Association
    Have you thought about offering Ancient History at Key Stage 3, GCSE or A-level? This webinar series, offered in collaboration with the Classical Association, explores how ancient history can be embedded across the key stages at secondary level. Across this series, we will show you how teaching ancient history is...
    From Cyrus to Cleopatra: The ancient history adventure

  • The Historian 138: Hidden stories of a centenary

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Contents 4 Reviews 5 Editorial (Read article) 6 Britain’s Jews and the First World War - Paula Kitching (Read article) 13 The President’s Column 14 Journeys Home: Indian forces and the First World War – Kiran Sahota and Paula Kitching (Read article) 20 We will remember them: well, most of...
    The Historian 138: Hidden stories of a centenary

  • Secondary Membership Sample Resources

      Digital Resource Samples
    Secondary membership gives access to a range of digital resources to support planning and delivery in the classroom as well as your own professional development.  Why not take a look at some of our free sample resources?   Teaching History journal Teaching History is the UK’s leading professional journal for secondary history...
    Secondary Membership Sample Resources

  • Young Historian Awards 2025 – take part (Secondary prizes)

      History competition for students
    Researching, writing and presenting ideas about a historical theme or period is one of the best parts about studying history. We want young school and college aged students to get the bug for writing about history in an incisive, interesting and critical way. That is why each year the Historical...
    Young Historian Awards 2025 – take part (Secondary prizes)

  • Teaching History 18

      Journal
    Editorial, page 2 The contributors, page 2 Geffrye Museum: People's Museum, page 3 Report: Staffordshire Courses, July 1976, page 5A Renaissance in history 'A' level, page 6 Exploring a Community's Past, page 11 Comment, page 14 Making the best use of textbooks, page 16 Detective exercises are not quite enough,...
    Teaching History 18

  • Disability history resources

      Article
    Disabled people are part of the fabric of every society past and present, yet the stories, achievements and struggles of disabled people have often been hidden or marginalised by societies who refuse to adapt. Coping with disability, societal attitudes towards disability and the stories, voices and contributions of disabled people...
    Disability history resources

  • Peterloo: HA interview with Mike Leigh and Jacqueline Riding

      27th November 2018
    The film Peterloo has been reviewed as one of the cinematic achievements of 2018, dramatising the people and events that led to the infamous ‘Peterloo’ massacre in August 1819. Respected film-maker Mike Leigh created the film using historical records and sources from the period, as he and historical adviser Jacqueline...
    Peterloo: HA interview with Mike Leigh and Jacqueline Riding

  • Teaching History 29

      Journal
    Editorial, page 2 Notes on Contributors, page 3 The Assassination of John F. Kennedy - Keith Hodgkinson and Michael Long, page 3 Notes and news, page 7 Primary School Children's Preception of Authenticity and Time in Historical Narrative Pictures - John West, page 8 A Course in Local History Tonbridge...
    Teaching History 29

  • Teaching History 30

      Journal
    Editorial, page 2 Notes on Contributors, page 3 Down among the Deadmen: Graveyard Surveys for Local Studies - Brian Dix and Richard Smart, page 3 Educational Objectives for History - Ten Years On -John Fines, page 8 Notes and News, page 10 A Primary School's Experiment with a Micro-Computor -...
    Teaching History 30

  • Recorded webinar: Making history accessible: context and considerations

      Webinar series: Making history accessible
    Session 1: Making history accessible This webinar provides an overview of recent key developments in SEND, including statutory guidance and regulations from Ofsted’s latest Education Inspection Framework and the SEND improvement plan. Drawing on SEND toolkits, we reflect on how to embed inclusive practice. This is explored in the context...
    Recorded webinar: Making history accessible: context and considerations

  • Film: Discussion: Historical memory of key individuals in the Civil Rights Movement

      Film series: The African-American Civil Rights Movement
    Professor Tony Badger, Professor Joe Street and Professor Brian Ward discuss the African-American Civil Rights movement and examine different ways we might interpret the significance of key individuals, groups, institutions and events that played a role in its development and progress. This section reflects on how the past is portrayed...
    Film: Discussion: Historical memory of key individuals in the Civil Rights Movement

  • Get into Teaching

      Considering a career in teaching?
    Teaching – and especially teaching history! – can be a wonderful and rewarding career. The HA have many years experience working with primary and secondary teachers from trainee level through to heads of history and we're here to help you on your path. We have a comprehensive set of guides and resources for anyone...
    Get into Teaching

  • Teaching History 17

      Journal
    About the journal, page 2 The Editors, page 2 Islam in history, page 3 Resources - Islam in history, page 5 African history in the classroom, page 7 History in Central Africa, page 10 Review article - recently published books on African history, page 13 The historian's method - a...
    Teaching History 17

  • Using the concept of place to help Year 9 students to visualise the complexities of the Holocaust

      Teaching History article
    Inspired by the work of the social and cultural historian Tim Cole, Stuart Farley decided to look again at the way he teaches the Holocaust. He wanted to focus on the geographical concept of place as a way of enabling his Year 9 students to build far more diverse narratives,...
    Using the concept of place to help Year 9 students to visualise the complexities of the Holocaust

  • Learning to love history: preparation of non-specialist primary teachers to teach history

      Teaching History article
    Rosie Turner-Bisset describes a systematic attempt to teach non-specialist trainee primary teachers to understand how the discipline of history works. She reports encouraging results. The training methods described here are based on a working assumption that teachers must be passionate and excited about a subject in order to teach it...
    Learning to love history: preparation of non-specialist primary teachers to teach history

  • Teaching History 28

      Journal
    Editorial, page 2 Notes on Contributors, page 3 The Teaching History Imaginative Writing Competition 1980, page 3 Why History - the Teachers - Peter Carpenter, page 6 History 16-19, page 8 Profile: Peggy Bryant - Martin Booth, page 9 How I taught history - Sinclair Atkins, page 11 Practical Points...
    Teaching History 28

  • Recorded webinar: Secondary history and the climate crisis

      Article
    How might we integrate a focus on our relationship with the natural world through time in our existing curriculum? Why should we teach about key turning points in human history that have shaped this relationship in profound ways? What is history's role in explaining how we got to this point? ...
    Recorded webinar: Secondary history and the climate crisis

  • Recorded webinar: Helping primary students understand climate change

      Article
    How might we integrate a focus on our relationship with the natural world through time in our existing curriculum? Why should we teach about key turning points in human history that have shaped this relationship in profound ways? What is history's role in explaining how we got to this point? ...
    Recorded webinar: Helping primary students understand climate change